Fire-escape



C. W. JOYNT.

FIRE ESCAPE.

110. 311,661. Patented Feb. 3, 188

DTYEN TOR.

BY MW1 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. JOYNT, OF MAKANDA, ILLINOIS.

Fl RE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,661, dated February3, 1885.

(No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. J OYNT, of Makanda, in the county ofJackson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedFire-Escape, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to the class of fireescapes employingfoldingladders as means for,

descending to the ground; and it consists in a ladder formed of seriesof parallel side rods provided at their lower ends with right-angledsockets for receiving the ladder'rounds, and at their upper ends witheyes for receiving the round of the adjoining section' of the ladder.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 show-s the position of the box for holding the ladder. Fig. 2shows the ladder unfolded in condition for use. Fig. 3 shows the ladderfolded. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the adjoining ends oftheladder-sections; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the joints.

My improved tirc-escape ladder is formed of side rods, A, each havingformed on one end an eye, a, and provided at the opposite end with aright-angled socket, I), the-wooden or tubular-iron round B entering thesockets of two such rods, and receiving the eyes a of the rods of theadjoining section, and stops 0 secured to the rounds B, and confiningthe eyes a in their place adjoining the right-angled socket b. Thesect-ions of the ladder decrease in width and length. toward the freeend there- I of, and are capable of being compactly folded one withinthe other, forming a pyramidal it remains until required for use.

pile, as shown in Fig. 3. Theladder thus folded is placed in the box 0at the window, where The ladder is suspended by two books or straps, D,which extend over the window-sill. The rounds B are secured in thesocketsb by screws passing through the side of the socket, or in anyother convenient manner, and the stops c may be at t-ached to the roundsin the same way, or they may be formed integral with the round.

For extra length a double ladder can be provided. At the lower or lastsection of escape may be attached a second ladder, at D, which u willfold in the same manner as first escape, and may be put in box requiringspace oftwice the depth of the single ladder, which will not exceed overtwo and a half inches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fire-esrape ladder formed of rods A, provided with eyes a, theright-angled sockets 12, secured to the rods A, and-the rounds B,entering the sockets b and secured therein, as described.

2. The combination, with a ladder formed of rods A, having eyes a, theright-angled sockets b, and the rounds B, of the hooks or straps D andbox 0, as described.

3. The combination, in afire-es'cape ladder, of the rods A, having eyesa, the right-angled sockets 0, rounds B, and stops 0, as described.

CHARLES W. JOYNT.

